Ascent Trip Report

After hiking up Mt. Osceola and its east peak, it was still early in the afternoon. The trailhead for Mt. Tecumseh was on the way to our camping site on Tripoli road, so I decided it wasn't unrealistic to climb another summit that day.

Luiza dropped me at the trailhead parking, where a single van was standing, and I soon got on my way at 14:35. After crossing Eastman brook, the trail went uphill at an easy grade. I was going at a brisk pace, trying to save Luiza some waiting time - she would return from our tent around 17:00 to pick me up.

I covered some ground quickly and after about 1.5km, I encountered a couple going downhill. I greeted them but kept going. From here, the trail got steeper but it was still manageable. At the top of this first steeper pitch, 0.4km later on the broad northwestern shoulder of Mt. Tecumseh, I encountered a second couple. I guessed they were with the others since there was only one vehicle down at the trailhead.

From here the trail angled left, followed some level ground for a while, and then started climbing again. It wasn't long before I crossed a third, older couple. I again greeted them as I past by. The trail soon became much steeper and I was quite winded at the speed I maintained. Still, it didn't take much time before I reached a ridge, and I could see a slight nubble to my right. I took a short side-trail to this point where I had partial views east. I thought I could see Mt. Moosilauke on the horizon.

From there, the trail went up and down a rough ridge before arriving at the summit of Mt. Tecumseh's Northwestern peak at 15:30. I didn't linger as I wanted to be down as early as possible, so I started downhill towards the col to Mt. Tecumseh. It took only about 5 minutes before I reached the low point.

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